Hardback, 216mm x165mm green cloth boards, gilt titles, third edition, xxxii prelims, 380+pp. plus index, Photographic illustrations. Fair/Fair. Spine and boards bumped but clean. Block edges darkened with some foxing, pages and plates basically clean. Book feels flimsy as a likely wartime/austerity production. Dustwrapper is generally worn and frayed at edges, also grubby in places. No date given for this third edition of Allwood's guide to Carnations, with a Foreword... View more info

Hardback, 4to blue cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 192pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Illustrations by Hugh Palmer. Near Fine/Very Good. A lavishly illustrated tour of the beautiful gardens to be found in the great University cities of England, set in their historic context as influences on some of the great men and women of British intellectual history. Catalogue: Gardening. Keywords: Oxfo... View more info

Hardback, 307mm x 217mm green cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 224pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by Marjorie Lyon. Very Good/Very Good. Book is tight, bright and clean with no obvious imperfections. Top block edge just a little darkened. Dustwrapper (now protected) has just a little wear along top edge, front flap clipped. Superb illustrated guide to the plants of what is effectively a royal nature reserve i... View more info

Hardback, tall 8vo black cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 164pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Very Good/Good +. Dustwrapper has shelfwear resulting in fraying and along top and bottom of front. Also fading along edges. The first book ever to be devoted to the art of peat gardening, offering advice and inspiration for the peat gardener, fully illustrated with images of those plants which flourish ... View more info

Hardback, 8vo green cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, xi prelims, 272pp. Good +/Fair. Book has been read over years. Block edges darkened with some foxing. Spine a little bumped. Dustwrapper (now protected( has general light shelfwear, spine bumped, rear stained. Recollection of John Bartram's 1743 Expedition into America which revealed much of American plant life for the wider world. Foreword by Vita Sackville-West. Catalogue: Gardening. Keywords: Bartram, Ame... View more info

Hardback, 229mm x 151mm green cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, xxxix prelims, 759pp. Very Good/Very Good. Book has been handled, top block edge a little dusty, else clean and tight with no obvious imperfections. Dustwrapper is clean with little or no wear. Facsimile reprint of 1884 Fifth edition of Hogg's classic guide to the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain in all their diversity. Inscribed as #394 in a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Catalogue: Gardening.... View more info

Hardback, 235mm x 180mm decorated boards, 160pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Good/Fair. Book is tight and clean but has been dampened along bottom edge which has caused crinkling but no unsightly staining. Dustwrapper has also been affected by damp source and has wear from handling also and a little staining. Illustrated with paintings by Edith Holden from her famous "Country Fiary of an Edwardian L... View more info

Hardback, 24cm x 16cm blue cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 374pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Very Good/Very Good. Book is clean and tight with no obvious imperfections. Feels weighty and substantial in the hands. Dustwrapper is clean with little or no wear. A superb cross-disciplinary account of remarkable plants and their influence on humanity across the world and throughout history. Catalogue... View more info

Hardback, 224mm x 142mm green cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 207+pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Good +++/Good +. Book has been handled over years but still clean with no obvious imperfections. Dustwrapper has some wear to edges, front flap clipped with price sticker. Illustrated handbook for the cultivator of chrysanthemums, with much expert information on soli and gowrth conditions. Catalogue: Gardening. Keywords: soil, po... View more info

Hardback, 250mm x 178mm green cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, xv prelims, 152pp. plus index, Black and white illustrations. Good +++/Good +++. Book is tight and clean with just a little dusting on top block edge. Final index pages are still uncut at bottom edge. Dustwrapper has been handled but still clean with light edgewear only. Excellent guide to the horticulture of the Middle East, with b/w illustration. Catalogue: Gardening. Keywords: Arabia, horticult... View more info

Hardback, 8vo green cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, xii prelims, 242pp. plus index, Black and white illustrations. Very Good/Good +++. Book is not new but no obvious imperfections save for single bump to top edge of front board by spine. Dustwrapper has been handled only occasionally, minimal wear. Rewarding collection of writings from a celebrated garden journal. Catalogue: Gardening. Keywords: Hortus, garden, generous, orchid View more info

Hardback, 221mm x 145mm green cloth boards, black titles, first thus, 232pp. plus index, Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Good/Good +. Book is clean with minimal wear, just some dustiness to top block edge. However, spine and front board beneath d/w are notably faded. Dustwrapper has been handled but basically clean, some shelfwear along top edge. First published by David and Charles in 1965, this is a book club edition of a useful illustrate... View more info